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Smash The Mirror – guitar tab

Smash The Mirror | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by Pete Townshend ©1969 Fabulous Music Ltd.

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Previous transcription by:
Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
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transcribed by                             Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com          1999-08-14          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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[INTRO]
[drum intro]
|----------8^--|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------9^--|-------------------|---8---6---4---3--1~|
|-----------10-|---x---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|---x------1---1--3-|-/8--/6--/5---3-----|
|--------------|------1h3---3------|--------------------|
|--------------|-1-----------------|--------------------|

|---------------------|------------------------|
|~--------------------|------------------------|
|---x-----------------|---3^3^3^3\-3-3-3-3-1---|
|---x-------1---1--3--|----------------------3-|
|-----1-1h3---3-------|------------------------|
|-1-------------------|------------------------|
                          ^w   ^w/\
[VERSE]
          F                          Gm7
You don't answer my call with even a nod or a wink, but you
        |--------1----------------|-(1)-----------------|
        |--------1------------x---|--3---------x--------|
        |--------2------------x---|--3---------x--------|
        |--------3------------x---|--3---------x--------|
        |-------------------------|---------------------|
        |-1-----------------------|--3------------------|

  C7                 Eb            Ebsus4  Eb
  Gaze at your own reflection, all right!
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-5----------------|---8--8----------9-----8-|
|-5----------------|-------------------------|
|-5----------------|-8-------8-8-8h10--10--8-|
|-3----------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|

          F                                  Gm7      
You don't seem to see me but I think you can see yourself.
        |---------------------------------|-(1)------------|
        |-1-------------------------------|--3--------x----|
        |-2-------------------------------|--3--------x----|
        |-3--------------3-3------1x--1-3-|--3--------x----|
        |--------------------1h3----------|----------------|
        |-1-------------------------------|--3-------------|

  C7                      Eb
     How can the mirror affect you?
|-----------------------|-----------|----------|
|-5---------------------|-----------|----------|
|-5---------------------|-----------|----------|
|-5---------------------|----5-6-5--|----5-6-5-|
|-3---------------------|-6---------|-6--------|
|-----------------------|-----------|----------|

Bb        F           Bb      F
  Can you hear me, or do I surmise 
Bb          F                        Bb
   That you fear me, can you feel my temper...

B     C/B   C#/B  D/B   Eb/B  E/B   
Rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, 
F/B   F#/B  G/B   Ab/B  A/B   Bb/B  B            
rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise.

   B                                      C#
   Do you hear or fear, or do I smash the mirror?
 |------------------------------------| |------|---------------------|
6|------------------------------------|4|------|---6-6--------7--6---|
/|------------------------------------|/|------|-------------------6-|
4|-------------1--2-----1---------1/1-|4|------|/6-----6-6-6h8-8---6-|
 |-2-----------------------2----------| |-4----|---------------------|
 |------------------------------------| |------|---------------------|

   B                                      C#
   Do you hear or fear, or do I smash the mirror?
 |------------------------------------| |-----------------|---------
6|------------------------------------|4|------6---4---2--|-6-----6-
/|------------------------------------|/|-----------------|-6----6--
4|-------------1--2-----1---------1/1-|4|----/6--/4--/3-3-|-6---6---
 |-2-----------------------2----------| |-4--------------4|-4-------
 |------------------------------------| |-----------------|---------

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litgo@aol.com

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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